Wedding of Hower Ho and Ruby Yu, 2001

James F. Carter, 2001-02-24

On 2001-02-24, Hower Ho and Ruby Yu were married at Almansor Court, Alhambra, Los Angeles County. These pictures were taken using a Kodak DC280 digital camera, 1760x1168 pixels, JPEG compression. Camera interface: gphoto v0.4.2. Editing was with GIMP v1.0.4.

Copyright © 2001 by James F. Carter. Click on a small image to see it at up to 768x550 pixels. Feel free to download any of the images for personal use; just give me a photo credit. Contact me for unedited images at 1760x1168 pixels (JPEG), specifying the filename shown by your browser. <jimc@math.ucla.edu>

I (Jim) am not familiar with the families and so I may have mis-identified some of the people or left out important identifications. Please report any errors and omissions and I'll update the page. Here are the detailed identifications:

The Groom
Hower Ho (English), Chinese nickname "How-Di"
The Bride
Ruby Yu
Elder Uncle
Ho You Tsun
Hower's father (younger uncle)
Ho You Hui
Wu-wu
Chia-Hui Chen (my cousin-in-law)
Liang-liang
Chia-Ling Chen (my cousin-in-law)
Yen-yen
Ke-Feng Lee
Alice
Alice Wang-Yi Carter (Jim Carter's wife)

Before the Wedding


The bride and her family and inlaws

Almansor Park in the rain

String quartet entertains before the wedding

Before the wedding

The wedding cake

The Wedding Ceremony


The minister

The ringbearer

The junior flower girl

The senior flower girl spreads petals

Entrance of the bride

Entrance of the bride

Unveiling the bride

The minister instructs the couple

Ring exchange

Declaration of vows

Wine ceremony

Presentation of the couple

The couple exit in a shower of confetti

Exit of the bride's father and grandfather

Wedding Banquet


The head table

First of many kisses

The best man's toast is punctuated by one of the little guests

The best man's toast

A joke by the parents

The bride and groom visit our table

The bride and groom drink a toast at our table

The bride and groom say goodbye to the minister

Senior Uncle

Wu-wu: the photographer is photographed

Various Shenanigans


Exchange of wine

The best man cuts the cake

Cake feeding (bride)

Cake feeding (groom)

Candy out of reach

Throwing the bouquet

Removing the garter

Throwing the garter

Dancing


Dancing the tango

Bride and groom dance (more conventionally)

Groom and bride, in chi-pao

The bride and groom lead the conga line

Group Photographs


The bride, her mother-in-law and her grandfather

The bride and various relatives

Yen-yen and her father (elder uncle)

Hower among the wedding guests

Yen-yen and Hower's father (younger uncle)

Elder uncle, Alice, Mi-aunt, Wu-wu's mother

Liang-liang, elder uncle, Alice, Mi-aunt, Wu-wu's mother

Yen-yen, Wu-wu, Robert and his girlfriend, Liang-liang

Relatives: Jim, Alice, Wu-wu, Robert and girlfriend, Yen-yen, Liang-liang

Yen-yen greets a gaggle of relatives (groom's father, etc.)

Elder uncle, Wu-wu's mother, Mi-aunt, uncle's wife

Alice, Liang-liang and her mother chat

Liang-Liang and Wu-Wu talk with Tsun Hua and his daughter

Family photo, 13 people

Family photo, 15 people

Family photo, 10 people